Outside the Beltway

The Republican frontrunner claims he doesn’t read America’s most important newspaper.

Mitt Romney is set to make an announcement at 11 Eastern today. [UPDATE: He’s out!]

Columbus, Philadelphia, or New York City (well, Brooklyn really)?

The Luke, I Am Your Voter Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

President Obama has appointed an “Ebola Czar,” but it’s unclear why we need one when there are already people who are supposed to be in charge of the Ebola response.

Some have argued that there is an historical bias against political parties holding on to the White House for more than two terms. As with most commonly held ideas, that simply isn’t true.

It’s hard for a party to win four straight presidential elections. The Democrats may pull it off.

When it comes to Iraq, the media only seems to be giving Americans one side of the story.

Who do the Democrats have to take Joe Biden’s place?

New York has joined nine other states and the District of Columbia to vote to for an Electoral College bypass.

Tan, rested, ready, Biden in 2016?

Ken Cuccinelli still hasn’t called to congratulate Terry McAuliffe. Why does this odd custom continue?

Former Justice O’Connor seems to regret the fact that the Supreme Court got involved in the 2000 election. Her regrets are misplaced.

The Iraq War did significant damage to the legacy of the Republican Party.

Ed Koch, former mayor of New York City and one of America’s most colorful politicians, has died at 88.

Some proposed reforms just need to be ignored.

Bill Clinton has a warning for his fellow Democrats.

The Camelbunga Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Arab news giant Al-Jazeera is buying Al Gore’s failing Current TV network, hoping to get a bigger presence in the US cable market.

Democrats are approaching an “Electoral College lock.” Republicans are trying to pick it.

Judging by the record of the past decade and a half, movement conservatism has accomplished very little.

Fareed Zakaria declares “America’s election process an international embarrassment.” He’s right.

Republicans used to dominate California. Now, they’re barely a factor in the state’s politics.

In a posting for New Atlanticist titled “Status Quo Election,” I note the near total absence of foreign affairs from a presidential campaign that’s mercifully coming to an end.

Mitt Romney has an advantage among self-identified Independents that makes writing him off at this point inadvisable.

There are several circumstances under which we may not know who won the 2012 election for some time after November 6th

The President has yet to tell us what he would do with a Second Term.

For all the hype, it’s unlikely that tonight’s debate will have the same impact as the October 3rd Debate.

Should we stop televising political debates?

President Obama hinted that he might be more aggressive in his next debate with Mitt Romney. That could be a mistake.

It’s no wonder partisans can’t agree with each other when they can’t even agree what the facts are.

Mitt Romney’s “47 Percent” remarks seem to be hurting him.

In a radio interview last week, Paul Ryan claimed to have run a sub-3 hour marathon. He did no such thing.

Mitt Romney is no more of a wimp than George H.W. Bush or John Kerry.

Antonin Scalia says “The only question in Bush v. Gore was whether the presidency would be decided by the Florida Supreme Court or the United States Supreme Court.”

In advance of tomorrow’s ruling, some pundits on the left are displaying some very odd views on the role of the law in American politics.

Mitt Romney wimped out. Again.